Reddit chief engineer Bethanye Blount has stepped down after only
two months on the job,
Re/code reports.

Blount joined the company two months ago from Facebook. She said
her departure wasn't directly related to the resignation of
CEO Ellen Pao on Friday, but she told Re/code she had lost
faith in the company's new direction.

That could be a reference to Pao's statement that she quit the
company because the
board of directors set growth goals that she thought Reddit
could not meet without compromising its core principles.

Blount also said she believed Pao was put on a "glass cliff," a
term referring to female executives being put into leadership
positions at times of crisis, during which they are more likely
to fail.

The company has been thrust into chaos since last week, when
popular executive Victoria Taylor was apparently dismissed. Pao
was criticized for how she handled the dismissal, though it has
since emerged that the
decision was actually made by Reddit board member and
cofounder Alexis Ohanian.